Could Your Money Tell Me Your Why?

My holiday job all through college was at a bank about a mile from my parent’s home. I loved that job. Each summer, Christmas and even spring break I’d work at the bank. For the first year, I was a personal teller then a commercial teller , then I moved over to their bookkeeping department. It was the perfect job for an aspiring accountant and I loved it.

My friends at work became like family. They were always excited when I came back; I think I added a bit of youth and fun to the office.

They helped me grow into myself. They coached me when I chided Mr. Moneymaker for only having $3.23 in his account (I mistakenly thought we were friends–oops). They let me leave early when my niece was born and I couldn’t sit still and when I was picking up my new car and I couldn’t sit still.

From Financial Samurai … If there’s a car in your blind spot and you swerve suddenly, there’s a good chance you’ll get into an accident. Your accident will not only cost time and money to fix, you might also suffer an injury or even die. If you have a financial blindspot, the consequences can be just as severe. […]

From Dads Making Cents … There are typically two types of costs when talking about investments, businesses or real estate … explicit and implicit. Explicit costs are those that affect cash flow and seen on an income statement. Implicit costs are those that do not have a direct cash impact on the business but still impact […]

From Northern Expenditure … Just like the 10-day weather forecast is never right, the 10-year projections won’t be right either. I can tell you firsthand that projecting can be frustrating when you have so little in savings. Conservative estimates make early retirement look impossible. Instead of focusing on projections, focus on what you can do […]

From Start Living Richly … How far are you REALLY from your ideal life? What are the biggest stresses in your life? What would you really love to do more of? What is stopping you from doing that? All of the positive things that happened to our family over an 18-month period all stemmed from […]

From Mr. Money Mustache … My last two articles have focused on how common it is for early retirees to continue making money after they say goodbye to the cubicle. I share stories like that because I’ve seen it happen in so many lives, including my own. But the downside of all this “side hustle” […]

From Four Pillar Freedom: Here’s How the 25 Times Expense Portfolio Has Performed Over the Past 89 Years “Almost all retirement number calculations are base on the 4% Rule, which states that once you save up 25 times your annual expenses, you can retire and “safely” withdraw 4% of your portfolio each year with a […]

From Montana Money Adventures … What if you could create a life that is such a perfect fit to everything that matters to you? Three years ago, Adam and I crafted a new plan. We were about to adopt three kids and we were expecting a baby in a few months. I looked at our […]

From FIRE the 9 to 5 … What did you want to be when you grew up? At various points for me it was a doctor, a librarian, an author, a bookseller. I never wanted to be an accountant that’s for sure. Nevertheless, having fallen onto that path many years ago, ambition kicked in and I put […]

Have you ever done something, either nefarious or hilarious, to someone else? Something that almost certainly means payback is in order? Usually you don’t know how or when payback will find you, but you know it’s coming. And all you can do is wait. It’s a terrible feeling. Constantly looking over your shoulder. Being suspicions […]